Video: VCU v Duke highlights and post-game press conference [INSIDER]

Will Wade's Rams went toe-to-toe with the defending national champs before eventually falling after 17-3 second half Duke run.

The Rams controlled most of Friday night’s contest against No.5 Duke but let one get away from them thanks to a big 17-3 second half Blue Devils run, resulting in the Rams first loss of the season, a 79-71 defeat at the hands of the defending national champ. The black and gold took a one-point

VCU School of the Arts (BFA ’07) and Center for Sport Leadership (M.Ed. ’10) alumnus, Mat has followed VCU basketball since the Sunbelt days when he’d attend games with his father. Worked as a graduate assistant in the VCU Sports Information Department for the ’09-’10 season, but has covered VCU basketball for VCURamNation.com since 2007.